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Train and windswept trees in rain

Artist Mary Petty (American, 1899 - 1976)
Datec 1933
ClassificationsDrawing
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 5 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (14.2 × 17.1 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (27.6 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2364
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Gabled house and windswept tree
Gabled house and windswept tree
Mary Petty
c 1933
How the wheels clank and rattle, and the tram-road shakes, as the train rushes on!
How the wheels clank and rattle, and the tram-road shakes, as the train rushes on!
Mary Petty
1947
No caption (Four figures in a train car)
No caption (Four figures in a train car)
Mary Petty
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
"He still carries her bullet in his body. That's how he can tell when it's going to rain."
Mary Petty
1937
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
In one thick solitary spot...among the last year's leaves of oak and beech...
Mary Petty
1947
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
"But what changes do you hint at? Has any death occurred?"
Mary Petty
1947
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
"I am not angry. I am hurt, Mr. Chuzzlewit."
Mary Petty
1947
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
"Come, Miss Pecksniff!...You may want a friend one day or another."
Mary Petty
1947
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
"When I'm at all sharp set, as I am today, I come to him after I've taken the edge off my own hunger."
Mary Petty
1947
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
"I was not born to be the toy and puppet of any man, far less his."
Mary Petty
1947
So through the narrow streets and winding city ways, went Anthony Chuzzlewit's funeral.
So through the narrow streets and winding city ways, went Anthony Chuzzlewit's funeral.
Mary Petty
1947
"Look about you."
"Look about you."
Mary Petty
1947
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